LIMASSOL, CYPRUS: In Limassol, the second-largest city in Cyprus, the Russian community are talking of giving up on the Mediterranean island over a eurozone bailout deal which they say unfairly targets their money. RAW. VID500173_EN

+ OBAMA VISIT

Coming up:

JERUSALEM/TEL-AVIV: First day of Barack Obama's first visit to Israel and the West-Bank. RAW. 1200 GMT

Filed over past 12 hours:

WASHINGTON: Obama heads to the Middle East on the first foreign trip of his second term. RAW. VID500313_EN

JERUSALEM: Israelis hope that Barack Obama's visit could spark a new dynamic in the relationship between the two countries. RAW. VID500075_EN

RAMALLAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Ahead of Barack Obama's arrival, a group of Palestinians call for a protest against the visit. RAW. VID500211_EN

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis dons the symbols of papal power and vows to embrace the "poorest" of humanity at a grand inauguration as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. PKG. NSV - VID500185_EN / VOICED - VID500186_EN

PARIS: A court examines a legal complaint by French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler against the authors of a biography alleging an illicit affair with a right-wing deputy. RAW. 1630 GMT

PARIS: A French court rules on the conditional release of former Lebanese activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. File stills. 2000 GMT

Ahead of World Down's Syndrome Day (Friday):

MOSCOW: In Russia most children suffering from Down's Syndrome are given up for adoption and often end up in psychiatric hospitals. One woman is trying to change perceptions in a country where having a child with any sort of handicap is often perceived as shameful. PKG. TBA

PARIS: Images of biography on French First Lady as court examines libel case brought by Valerie Trierweiler against book's claims she had an affair with a right-wing politician. RAW. VID457005_EN

ANTALYA, TURKEY: Swiss policeman Christian Varone receives a suspended sentence of one year and 15 days in prison for stealing archaeological fragments. RAW. VID500107_EN

+ AFRICA

Coming up:

GAO, MALI: Monitoring developments. RAW. TBC

JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN: Tuk tuks are taking to the roads in car-crazy South Africa, thanks to entrepreneurs inspired by the three-wheel taxis from Asia. But they've already found themselves on a collision course with the law. PKG. 0500 GMT

WASHINGTON: Advocates for the US invasion of Iraq including Senator John McCain, former Army number two Jack Keane and neocon thinker Frederick Kagan look back on the conflict, a decade later. RAW. VID500295_EN

+ LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

Coming up:

SAO PAULO: It's estimated the Catholic Church lost 15 million regular worshippers in Brazil alone between 2000 and 2010, many of them to evangelical churches. Catholicism is now trying to win them back - by copying some of the evangelicals' style. PKG. 2000 GMT

MONTEVIDEO: Exclusive interview with Liverpool and Uruguay player Luis Suarez. RAW. VID500260_EN (images and soundbites of interview), VID500214_EN (images of him training with Uruguay)

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Coming up:

PLATJA D'ARO, SPAIN: The local community in Platja D'Aro, north of Barcelona, welcomes Russian tourists who are buying up second homes there. PKG. 0900 GMT

Filed:

AVORIAZ, FRANCE: If you go on a skiing holiday, you expect to be wrapped up warm and fighting your way through sub-zero temperatures. But for visitors to the French Alps, there's another alternative -- stripping down to a swimsuit and relaxing in the balmy waters of a heated swimming-pool. PKG. NSV - VID500092_EN / VOICED - VID500093_EN